print email comment close Council on Foreign Relations: Hezbollah (a.k.a. Hizbollah, Hizbu'llah) URL: http://www.cfr.org/publication/9155/ Description: Background about Hezbollah, "a Lebanese umbrella organization of radical Islamic Shiite groups and organizations. It opposes the West, seeks to create a Muslim fundamentalist state modeled on Iran, and is a bitter foe of Israel." Topics include origins, leaders, area of operation, and major attacks in the 1980s and 1990s. Includes links to material about the conflict between Israel and Lebanon in 2006. From the Council on Foreign Relations. Publisher: Council on Foreign Relations Extra Keywords Mideast Middle East LII Database Information: Record 22116 created by Maria Brandt on 07/17/2006 Last modification on 07/17/2006 Published: 07/20/2006   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/22116